I am with you Toby Cannot and Not wanting to is exactly how I ride these days.. I love big powered kites and huge air ,long hangtimes and the super soft landing only Big Kites can provide... Or I take my small Kites and ride waves My knee cannot take the freestyle landings or big jumps with small kites...
I really liked the videos of the event I saw its nice to see the Freestyle guys go huge!! I think your style would have been great in the event and Dimitri M would have rocked this event since D can ride a 6 or 16m the same way and is one of the best at jumping big.. Maybe he would not have won it ,but He would have had those young guys taking notice for sure!!!! Dimitri is the first guy I ever saw try a true Kiteloop the year was 2001 he was riding Cabrinha then and we where competing in a competition together in Hatteras in his heat he jumped over 30' high then tried to loop the kite 12m C underneath himself.. Needless to say he destroyed the kite but was so Crazy to watch back then!!!! Later Ted B